Your dollars at work

Thanks to the generous donations of many of individuals and companies in Fiscal Year 2013 the National Psoriasis Foundation was able to accomplish:

Research

The NPF invested $2.07 million in research. That amount includes funding for six grants to help promising researchers investigate what causes psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis and find better treatments. We also awarded 13 Medical Dermatology Fellowship Program grants worth $520,000 to increase the number of scientists doing psoriatic disease research. Your contributions also help the Foundation continue to build the National Psoriasis Victor Henschel BioBank to further the study of psoriasis genetics.

Public education

The $1.7 million spent on public education helps fund many of the programs that help people living with psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis learn more about their disease and how to improve the quality of their lives. Those programs include our National Leadership Conference, the One to One mentor and coach program, the More than Skin Deep series, which educates others about psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis, and the Psoriasis Advance, read by an estimated 165,000 people.

Professional education and patient services

The Foundation reaches patients, doctors and the public in a number of ways. In FY2013, we helped educate 14,000 rheumatologists and dermatologists about the latest in psoriatic disease treatment and research through our professional magazine and our medical education programs. We continue to raise awareness of psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis by working with national media outlets like the New York Times, PBS and Women's Health, and through the information on our website, psoriasis.org.

Fundraising

The Foundation raised $1.3 million through the Walk to Cure Psoriasis. The Walk, combined with our regular fundraising campaigns, helped the Psoriasis Foundation raise a record $7,486,508. We use those dollars to pay for all of the Foundation's programs, including our growing research grant program.

Advocacy and government relations

The Foundation has 80,000 advocates working to increase funding for research, improve access to care and new treatments and reduce out-of-pocket medical expenses.

Management and general

The Foundation spends only 5 percent of its budget for general operating expenses and management.

All accounts of the National Psoriasis Foundation are maintained in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles for not-for-profit organizations as established by the Financial Accounting Standards Board. The Psoriasis Foundation is in full compliance with the Standards of Excellence—Good Operating Practices of the National Health Council.